The morally disruptive future of reprogenetic enhancement technologies

Jon Rueda; Jonathan Pugh; Julian Savulescu

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.10.007

The morally disruptive future of reprogenetic enhancement technologies

Trends Biotechnol. 2023 May;41(5):589-592. doi: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.10.007. Epub 2022 Nov 15.

Authors

Jon Rueda¹, Jonathan Pugh², Julian Savulescu³

Affiliations

¹ University of Granada, Granada, Spain. Electronic address: ruetxe@ugr.es.
² Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
³ Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

PMID: 36396521
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.10.007

Abstract

Emerging reprogenetic technologies may enable the enhancement of our offspring's genes. Beyond raising ethical questions, these biotechnologies may change some aspects of future morality. In the reproductive field, biotechnological innovations may transform moral views about reproductive choices regarding what we consider to be just or even of equal standing.

Keywords: ethics; human genetic enhancement; moral change; morally disruptive biotechnologies; reprogenetic technologies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Biomedical Enhancement*
Morals
Reproduction
Technology